
Brownie Wise and the invention of the party-plan distributor network.
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Amway's co-founder's own account; read alongside the criticism.
Founder's account of a private-label, limited-SKU, high-turn grocery model.
King Gillette, his safety razor and the disputed give-away-the-handle story.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai
Tire-shop founder's memoir on profit sharing and dealer economics
“If you want to read one book, read the autobiography of Les Schwab... He ran tire shops in the Midwest and made a fortune” — Charlie Munger
Source: Notes from the 2004 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, by Whitney Tilson, p. 35
Recommended by: Charlie Munger
Patagonia's founder on running a business against conventional growth logic
Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Patrick Collison, David Cancel and 3 others
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